The US Men’s Two-man Bobsled Team tested its new carbon fiber sled designed by BMW in FIBT competition Jan. 19 in Igls, Austria, and piloted the prototype to a 14th-place finish.

“Sometimes you have to take a big risk to prepare for the future,” Holcomb said. “I wanted to race it, because we only get six training runs in St. Moritz. I wanted the extra runs in the sled, because it’ll take a little time to figure it out. I don’t know any sled project that comes out of the box and wins, so we knew we might have to lose before we can win.”

Fibre Glast customer Carl Fausett and his team at 928 Motorsports engineered a 1978 Porsche 928 racer to reach the summit of Pikes Peak.

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Each participant has a timed run up the winding mountain road, speeding through 12.42 miles of both gravel and paved sections. Racers climb 4,721 ft from the base at 9,390 ft above sea level to the summit at 14,111 ft. Dizzying to the non-acclimated person, the altitude is just as difficult for the vehicles.